Councils breach funding rules (again) due to SEND deficits Schools in Kent could be thousands worse-off as its council goes below minimum funding for fourth year in a row
‘Education for all’: SEND reform bill announced King’s Speech outlines ‘generational reforms’ to the SEND system
Internal exclusions may not lead to fewer suspensions, early research suggests Education Policy Institute analysis finds ‘tentative correlations’ in use of internal and external suspensions
Schools will not be added as safeguarding ‘fourth partner’ The decision is a ‘missed opportunity’, says children’s commissioner
‘Postcode lottery’ for absence fines remains despite standardisation Education Policy Institute research finds rates of fines being issued are 'geographically unequal'
Occupational therapists warn they can’t give children required support Polling comes as the government plans to launch its 'experts at hand' service as part of SEND reforms
Ministers mull future of £380m SEND budgets transfer policy Some councils say transfers are necessary, but heads want the policy scrapped and decisions reversed
Will local government reorganisation improve SEND? The government says yes, but others say it will split services and make new councils bankrupt from the get-go
Bristol school’s decision to postpone MP visit based on ‘safeguarding concerns’, review finds Joan McVittie's review into decision making at Bristol Brunel Academy finds no evidence of antisemitism